This article is designed to help students who wish to study Accounting under the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).
It is very important for all candidates who wish to apply for any of the courses offered by NDA to carefully confirm and see if the course they Selected is offered in the institution before registering for JAMB.
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna is one of the first of two Military Universities in Nigeria.
Nigerian Army University, established in 2018 in Biu, Borno State, is the other military university that does not offer military training.
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Accounting; You require;
Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Accounting, and any two (2) Arts and Social Science subjects from Commerce, Government, Civic Education, Accounting, Geography, History, and Economics.
JAMB Subject Combination
Please be aware that the English language is a requirement for this course in the UTME.
Consequently, the three (3) additional JAMB UTME subject pairings are required to study Accounting under the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences at the Nigerian Defence Academy include;
Mathematics, Economics, and any other Social Science subject
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Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfil to gain Direct Entry admission to study Accounting if you don’t intend to use UTME.
You require; NCE/Two (2) ‘A’ level passes in Accounting or Mathematics, Economics, and any other Social Science subject.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into NDA for the 2026/2027 session should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored 180 or above in your JAMB result.
Accounting at O’Level, Economics at UTME for NDA
The two subject lists ask for different things. At O’level the five credits must include English Language, Mathematics and Accounting, plus two Arts or Social Science subjects from a named group.
At UTME, Accounting disappears and Economics takes its place beside Mathematics and the compulsory English Language, with any Social Science subject completing the four papers.
Direct Entry sits between the two, accepting an NCE or two A’level passes in Accounting or Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject.
The academy has a competitive admissions process and does not consider a student’s age, cultural background or religion when deciding whether to admit them. Candidates need 180 or above in their JAMB result for the 2026/2027 session.